Nydia the blind girl is from the story "The Last Days of Pompeii" by Bulwer-Lytton. Nydia is the servant who falls in love with the main protagonist Glaucus. Glaucus, however, loves Ione, a high priestess, and after a volcanic eruption Nydia saves Glaucus and Ione and gives her own life in the process. The sculpture itself is very Roman-like with very detailed clothing and facial features. It is also made of marble, the same stone Romans used to sculpt statues. Randolph Rogers uses Roman artistic features in his sculpture that are hundreds of years old. The idea of the sculpture also came from a book about the Roman city Pompeii that also was heavily influenced by the Roman empire. It uses a Roman city and used Roman practices in trial and conflict within the story as well.
Monday, August 25, 2014
Nydia the Blind Girl of Pompeii a sculpture by Randolph Rogers
Nydia the blind girl is from the story "The Last Days of Pompeii" by Bulwer-Lytton. Nydia is the servant who falls in love with the main protagonist Glaucus. Glaucus, however, loves Ione, a high priestess, and after a volcanic eruption Nydia saves Glaucus and Ione and gives her own life in the process. The sculpture itself is very Roman-like with very detailed clothing and facial features. It is also made of marble, the same stone Romans used to sculpt statues. Randolph Rogers uses Roman artistic features in his sculpture that are hundreds of years old. The idea of the sculpture also came from a book about the Roman city Pompeii that also was heavily influenced by the Roman empire. It uses a Roman city and used Roman practices in trial and conflict within the story as well.
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When was this sculpture made, and from when is Bulwer-Lytton's novel? Might help us to get an idea about how long his novel was fashionable and how this sculpture relates in time to the other Roman-inspired pieces of art.
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